Are Coke Ovens Used to Power Electric Generator Subject to Approval by State Power Siting Board?
Where Ovens to be Constructed on Same Site as Generating Plant
In the Matter of the Application of Middletown Coke Company, a Subsidiary of SunCoke Energy, for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to Build a Cogeneration Facility, Case no. 2009-0941
Appeal from the Ohio Power Siting Board (Butler County)
ISSUE: When the plans for a proposed new electric power generating facility call for side-by-side construction of industrial ovens that produce coke, heat recovery generators that convert the flue gases from the coke ovens to steam, and a turbine that converts the steam to electric power, does R.C. Chapter 4906 require the Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) to review and approve the environmental impacts of all three portions of the facility, or must the board consider only the impacts of the turbine portion of the facility that actually generates electricity?
